Hi friends! How was your weekend? Ours? We just stayed home. LOL So I thought y’all might want to see the easy weeknight meals we’ve been having during our house arrest, a.k.a shelter in place, a.k.a quarantine, a.k.a time out, and a.k.a being grounded. Whatever you want to call it, it means a whole lot of cooking. These are all pretty easy to make and also fairly healthy. Some of these are under the recipes tab and I won’t go into detail on those. The others, I give you some “loose” instructions. Nothing is set in stone, and that’s part of the easy peasiness of these.
This one is a favorite of ours and is under the recipes tab. The noodles are the key. They are so yummy. They’re thicker than a normal egg noodle, with a good “chew” to them.
I purchased lobster ravioli at Costco, but any ravioli or tortellini will work for this. This is a meal that literally comes together in minutes. I use Kirkland pesto, but again any pesto will work. I toasted pine nuts in the toaster oven (and let them get a little too brown?), added some shredded parmesan, and BOOM! Dinner is served. We had some fruit with it as a side, but you could also add a salad.
We love pancakes. All the pancakes! Lately we’ve been loving blueberry pancakes. To add some protein we often have Aidells Chicken Apple Sausage. For our family pancake recipe, click here.
Safeway sells a line of jarred sauces for all kinds of things. The one I love is a Sesame Ginger sauce. It’s very easy, and very flavorful. I use cod with this sauce and serve it over either cauliflower rice, regular rice, or a combination of both. This particular night I had a bag of cauliflower fried rice from Trader Joe’s that I added some regular rice to, and the sauteed some asparagus. This is the sauce I like. ??
This is sooooo easy, and soooooo yummy. I use Old Fashioned Oats and follow the microwave instructions. I add a little cinnamon and brown sugar (or Truvia Brown Sugar) before cooking. For the apples I chop up 2 apples (I like Fuji) and cook in a skillet with more cinnamon, a little brown sugar (or the Truvia Brown Sugar) and sometimes some water. I cook them long enough to warm and barely soften. Top with toasted chopped walnuts and a glaze made with confectioners sugar and enough milk or half and half to make it the right consistency.
I’ve shared this Orange Roughy recipe here with different sides. This time I just served baked potatoes, and some shaved brussel sprouts. I sauteed the brussel sprouts in a little olive oil, until slightly wilted, added a little Balsamic and some craisins.
Quesadillas are super easy. I used Rotisserie Chicken that I added a little taco seasoning and salsa to, and then some black beans with shredded Monterey Jack cheese and Mexican Cheese Blend.
Taylor Farms bagged salads from Costco are a huge time saver, and delicious. This is the Sweet Kale salad. I use them a lot and just serve with different proteins. This night I used frozen shrimp (thawed) and cooked in a Key Lime Shrimp Taco Sauce. Again, super easy and we loved it.
If you’d like a few easy weeknight meals, check out this is post. Is this something you’d be interested in seeing more of? I know I’m always looking for new dinner ideas, and with everyone staying home and likely doing more cooking, I hope this is something you’ll find helpful.
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Yum and yum ! These all look so good ! We stayed in all weekend too. No going anywhere for us until given the okay !
I am so ready to eat out!!! LOL
XOXO
Yum! Thanks so much for sharing your meals Lisa- helps to give me some ideas 🙂
I’m so glad Holly! XOXO
YUM! You’re eating good girl!! I will add some of these to my list. It’s challenging sometimes when you want to make a recipe and need an ingredient but can’t just “run” real quick to the store for it. I’m a planner but even more so now, lol!
YES! I hate it when you just need one thing. UGH. You and I love to cook and feed our families. XOXO
These all sound delicious and I needed some new recipe ideas! I’m pinning!
Jill – Doused in Pink
Thanks Jill!!! All this cooking has me ready to eat out again. LOL
Thanks so much for sharing, Lisa. I’m always up for new fish recipes, the cod with fried rice looks especially good. I’d like to give the quesadillas a try. You better believe I’d love to be baking right now–I did make one batch of cookies for Steve–he’s thinking he’d like another ;).
I’ve used my new air fryer twice for fish and it.is.awesome!!! Post coming soon!
XOXO
Yum!! I want to eat that oatmeal – it looks like dessert! And I think everyone here would love the quesadillas!
xo,
Kellyann
I should just throw a scoop of ice cream on it and call it dinner/dessert. HA!
That oatmeal looks incredible! We love the Costco pesto too. And love the idea of the chk sausage with pancakes. I think we need a breakfast for dinner night this week! Take care!
Thanks Tanya!! You always make the tastiest looking dishes too. Hope y’all are doing well. XOXO
Can I just say I’m coming over to your place? I am SO sick of cooking…haha. And I don’t even make good things like these.
XOOX
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
Come on over!!! I hear ya’, I can not wait to go out to eat again!!! XOXO
Ahhh, Lisa! YOU ARE AMAZING! Love this post so, so much. Pinning and trying some of this… I get the lobster ravioli from TJ’s a lot and I usually serve it with their white mushroom sauce, but I need to try your way next!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
You’re so sweet Carrie!!! Hope all is well in your home. XO
Yum! You make delicious meals! I can’t wait to try some of these out!
Thanks Laura!! XO
Mm, some delicious recipes there! Cooking is what I now do even more!
YES, I think we’re all cooking way more. Stay healthy! XO
It all looks so YUMMY! One of mine and Ben’s favorite salad kits is the Chipotle Cheddar!
So many yummy and simple recipes! We just had homemade waffles with bacon for dinner last night and I’m pretty sure we’re having spaghetti, sauce, stuffed chicken breast, & broccoli tonight.
That sounds delish!!! I’ll be so ready to eat out again. XO
It all looks so YUMMY! One of mine and Ben’s favorite salad kits is the Chipotle Cheddar!
Those salad kits are the bomb! XO
This looks incredible, especially the ravioli!
Jessica | notjessfashion.com
So yummy and EASY! XO